This module helps you find where a specific field is being used across your Drupal site, showing its usage in content types, paragraph types, views, and layout builder configurations. It allows you to make changes to fields with confidence by providing a clear overview of dependencies.
Before changing or removing a field, you usually have to manually check
every content type, paragraph type, view, and layout to see what depends
on it. Field Usage Finder answers that question with a single click: it
scans your site's configuration and shows you exactly where a given
field is being used, so you can make changes with confidence instead of
guesswork.
Features
- Select any field from a simple dropdown and get an instant usage
report.
- Detects usage in content types and paragraph types (bundles).
- Detects usage inside Views: fields, filters, sorts, and arguments.
- Detects usage inside Layout Builder sections and components.
- Each result links directly to the relevant edit screen, so you can
jump straight to the content type, view, or layout in question.
- Read-only: the module only inspects existing configuration and never
modifies your site.
- Useful when auditing legacy sites, planning a field deprecation, or
simply trying to understand a site you didn't build yourself.
Post-Installation
No configuration is required after installation. Once enabled, go to
Reports > Field Usage Finder (`/admin/reports/field-usage`), select a
field from the dropdown, and click "Find usages". Access to this page
requires the "Administer site configuration" permission.
Additional Requirements
None beyond Drupal core. The module relies only on core APIs (Field,
Config, and optionally Views and Layout Builder if those are enabled
on your site).
Recommended modules/libraries
No additional modules are required. If your site uses Layout Builder
or Views, Field Usage Finder will automatically include results from
both — no extra configuration needed.
Similar projects
Some contrib modules help identify unused fields or manage field
lifecycles from a different angle (e.g. flagging fields with no data).
Field Usage Finder is focused specifically on structural/configuration
usage (telling you which content types, views, and layouts reference
a field) rather than analyzing the data stored in it.
Community Documentation
See the module's README.md in the repository for installation and
usage instructions.
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Depends on
Dependencies of the latest stable release
- field Drupal core
- views Drupal core
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